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Biden Cuts Bait on the Progressives Dragging Down the Democratic Party
US News ^ | 3/04/22 | Susan Milligan

Posted on 03/05/2022 12:58:35 AM PST by Libloather

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Unusually, resident Joe Biden had to draw those lines with fellow Democrats.

Defund the police? Forget about it, Biden said Tuesday night. With crime on the increase around the nation – making for a nervous midterm electorate – the answer is to fund the police, Biden said. He also said very pointedly that he is a capitalist, albeit one who thinks big corporations should “pay their fair share" in taxes.

On immigration, Biden called for reform – while also saying that those who "are not legitimately here can be sent back" to their home countries. He also made a point of noting the law enforcement credentials of his Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

It's all about addressing one of the Democrats' bigger problems as they head into a very challenging midterm election season: keeping moderate Democrats from being labeled as too progressive for their districts or the country.

"There's no question that we lost seats (in 2020) because of that," says Matt Bennett, executive vice president of the centrist Democratic group Third Way. "We know those attacks landed, and they landed hard," and similar characterizations of Democratic incumbents as "socialist" or in favor of defunding the police could cost the party even more seats this fall, he says.

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, one of the members of the progressive "squad" in the House – delivered a fiery response to Biden's State of the Union speech Tuesday night on behalf of the Working Families Party. That move angered mainstream Democrats who don't want to have to fight both Republicans and a wing of their own party when defending their narrow and imperiled majorities this fall.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


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To: The Antiyuppie

Police can arrest but liberal judges plan to release the criminals.


21 posted on 03/05/2022 4:32:04 AM PST by FreedBird
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To: inchworm; Libloather

The libs want to nationalize policing. When the feds start funding the police in blue cities and states the laws will be homogenized to “create equity”.
Think of gun laws in Chicago and New York becoming, “the standard” nationwide.


22 posted on 03/05/2022 4:33:27 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Libloather

Cuts bait? WTF?


23 posted on 03/05/2022 4:39:14 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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To: Libloather

Slow Joe’s lot has been cast. It’s too late for him to try and reinvent himself. I suspect the hardcore Left will remain fairly silent through his “metamorphosis”, since they’ve also seen the upcoming midterm polling.


24 posted on 03/05/2022 5:04:48 AM PST by Kharis13
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To: Soul of the South
"I know, this time it will be different...."

We all know deep down you are correct. There is no magic fix coming.

BUT...the Dem's performance to date from this administration top to bottom, side to side, issue to issue has been so horrifically bad than no amount of lipstick before midterms can stop a flip of both houses.

Likely, too, we'll have fewer spineless RINOs, and enough patriots to freeze the destruction until the calvary arrives in '24 with even fewer RINOS and even more bolder patriots and a Trump or a DeSantis leading the charge.

I'll stay focused on that goal.

25 posted on 03/05/2022 5:25:26 AM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: Libloather

Enough intellectual lazy, blinded, and ignorant people vote in politicians doing the perpetual “Listen to what I say, ignore what I do” carefully packaged production among repubs and dem parties that it is a fixture which is unfortunate. Not expecting too much introspective due to the Capital meat grinder that is inebeded within administrative law/free gibs including COLAs/grifting.


26 posted on 03/05/2022 5:36:05 AM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: Libloather

BS. Like Woody Allen trying to recreate the lobster schtick in Annie Hall, trying to replay the Clinton fake move to center just isn’t going over well.


27 posted on 03/05/2022 5:39:15 AM PST by P.O.E.
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To: Libloather

Joe Biden has no more understanding of what a Democrat or a Republican is than my cat does. That Biden can even breathe is a miracle in itself because he’s that dumb.

All he knows is the Democrat machine politics that got him where he is. Graft, cronyism, bigoted attitudes towards every other class and race are his stock and trade.


28 posted on 03/05/2022 5:51:58 AM PST by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: Libloather

He’s lying to blunt the blowout they are facing.


29 posted on 03/05/2022 6:19:05 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: AbolishCSEU

That’s because he is the meat puppet for the Kenyanesian Usurper.


30 posted on 03/05/2022 6:19:43 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: kearnyirish2

In 2016 the Republican establishment paid the price by having their base select former Democrat Trump over the machine candidates; the Democrat establishment then paid the price by having enough of their base vote for Trump. Both establishments then colluded to remove him.
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100%


31 posted on 03/05/2022 6:22:02 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

He mentioned the two NY cops who were killed, and in the next sentence he said “the police have to be held accountable”, he never said anything about criminals being held accountable. He talked about “fixing our immigration system” then said there should be a pathway to citizenship and those hear shouldn’t have wait years to bring in their families.

Essentially, Biden is as big a piece of crap as any of them, he just has the media lacking for him.


32 posted on 03/05/2022 6:33:08 AM PST by euram
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To: Fido969

When Democrats believe their own lies and polls they lose. It is parades and rallies Democrats fear.


33 posted on 03/05/2022 6:39:27 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Gosh, it's almost as if 2022 were an election year.
Defund the police? Forget about it, Biden said Tuesday night... On immigration, Biden called for reform – while also saying that those who "are not legitimately here can be sent back" to their home countries. [But] He also made a point of noting the law enforcement credentials of his Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson... Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, one of the members of [the Jihad Squad] delivered a fiery response to Biden's State of the Union...
IOW, Joe is lying again. Oh, and the Jihad Squad must be destroyed.

34 posted on 03/05/2022 10:10:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: FreedBird; All; SJackson; SunkenCiv; Liz; Kaslin; Red Badger; BenLurkin; governsleastgovernsbest
He (Biden) also made a point of noting the law enforcement credentials of his Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Bullshiitte. Brown-Jackson's soul and energy have been dedicated to getting (black and illegal alien) criminals OUT of jail, OFF of even medium sentences. She is STRICTLY pushing for early release, free release, no-bail, no-penalties, no charges from the “Dept of Just Us”.

Unless you are a white Trump supporter.

35 posted on 03/05/2022 11:31:46 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE; Salamander
Unless you are a white Trump supporter.

I've been thinking (scary thought) regarding the "Waco Wholesale Biker Incarcerations" if they weren't some black ops test/experiment to determine the general public's reaction to governmental lawfare exercises on a particular demographic.

The general public's response was, 'meh'. That response was the green light to employ similar tactics on other chosen demographics. The protesters activities at the Capitol in Madistan against the passage of Act 10 were far more egregous that anything by the Jan. 6 assemblage currently having their lives destroyed by perpetual incarceration and abuse at the hands of U.S. anointed class.
36 posted on 03/05/2022 1:13:26 PM PST by BraveMan
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To: BraveMan

You have forgotten Mr Red Boots?

Of course it was.


37 posted on 03/05/2022 3:58:54 PM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Are the RINOs going to bring anything up during the hearings?


38 posted on 03/05/2022 4:49:53 PM PST by FreedBird
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